Commentary
Towards a unified approach: Standardising radiological diagnosis and grading of vertebral compression fractures
Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are frequently missed on frontal and lateral chest radiographs.1 Even with abdominal computed tomography, where sagittal imaging is readily available,...
Health District at Queenstown: Catalyst for translational research
Ageing societies dominating global demographics is not new. However, the pace of global population ageing is causing disquietude. In 2017, the global population over...
The potential of RNA therapeutics in dermatology
Graphic design by Liu Yujia
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) therapeutics involving, among others, microRNAs (miRNAs), small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and/or antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) hold great potential...
Call for a Singapore National Action Plan for Sepsis (SNAPS): Stop sepsis, save lives
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction syndrome caused by a dysregulated host response to an infection.1 It affects up to 48.9 million people globally...
Artificial intelligence in medicine: Ethical, social and legal perspectives
“Our future is a race between the growing power of our technology and the wisdom with which we use it. Let's make sure that...
Value the patient as a person: Answering the call for a person-centred model of...
There has been a change in patients’ attitudes towards healthcare professionals in recent decades, coupled with an increasingly evident shift in the care paradigm....
Singapore’s experience in managing the COVID-19 pandemic: Key lessons from the ground
In the early days of the pandemic when information on COVID-19 infection was lacking, all COVID-19 positive patients were admitted into acute hospitals for...
Transforming radiology to support population health
The recent launch of Healthier SG—a national initiative by Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) focusing on preventive health—will have far-reaching effects on the delivery...
Leveraging ChatGPT to aid patient education on coronary angiogram
Natural-language artificial intelligence (AI) is a promising technological advancement poised to revolutionise the delivery of healthcare.1 Traditionally, inclusion of technology in the augmentation of...
Artificial intelligence innovation in healthcare: Relevance of reporting guidelines for clinical translation from bench...
Artificial intelligence (AI) and digital innovation have revolutionised many sectors and industries, prominently including healthcare during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.1 For example,...